The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-29
IMPORTS OR EXPORTS.
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
A Fresh Real Estate MAN Gets his Face
Badly Battered.

A Fresh Real Estate Man Gets his Face
Badly Battered.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-TheIe was
lively scene in an uptown restaurant
last evening, in which Maurice Barry
more, the actor, figured prominently.
He sat at one of the tables with a lady
and her husband. The lady suddenly
exclaimed, 81 can stand this no longer;
that cad has insulted me-" Then she
walked to a table where a broker
named Vyse sat, looked him in the
face and swapping, You puppyl'' at
him, left the place. Her husband,
after parting word with Barrymore,
followed. For moment there was
complete silence in the crowded cafe.
Diners forgot all about their succulent
spaghetty and dyspeptic plates, and
turned to stare at the unlucky cause of
this outbreak. Vyse sat completely
dumfounded. Barrymore arose. went
to the brokers' table and, leaning over
his shoulder, said some word into his
ear.
"What?" came from Vyse in Mortified
tones, then, you lie!'' and next he
aimed a powerful blow at Barrymore's
head.
Quick as a flash Barrymore lodged
his adv ersarY's outstretched arm and
rising on his toes dealt him sounding
slug under the jaw. The force of the
blow was tremendous. Vyse was
knocked clear across the table, and,
striking against the wall, lay for an in
slant as if stunned. In his fall he took
with him the table. The clatter
of broken dishes and tumbling
chairs, mingled with affrighted screams
Of fof from
and rushi walters, guests and cooks.
The whole place was in tumultuous
uproar, Amid it all, the actor stood
with clinched fists and flashing eyes,
waiting for his fallen foe to rise and
continue the combat. At that moment
Joaquin, proprietor of the place, in the
costume of chief came running in from
the kitchen. Half a dozen people,
men and women, surrounded
him and pointing to Vyse, who, pale
and Quivering with excitement stood
leaning against the wall cried out sit
serves him right; he insulted a lady"
The burly Frenchman fairly fumed at
these words. "Out of my place." he
shouted. "Out of here; how dare you
insult guest of mine?'
II lnsulted no one," gasped Vyse.
Again Joaquin ordered him to leave,
and reinforced by some walters threw
OuO Ol Gu0
Where's that fellow Vyse shouted
when he reached the sidewalk.
It was an unfortunate question to
ask just at that time, because the an
swer was probably unexpected. "That
fellow is here; right here" said Barry
more.
I'm going to knock the life out of
you," Vyse exclaimed, and stepping
forward seized the actor by the coat
collar. Barrymore grasped his wrist,
and then hit him once, twice and
the face. WISE loosed his hold
on Barrymore's coat and attempted to
throw both arms about his chest. This
time Barrymore struck to kill appar-
emily. His doughty fist landed full up
| on the brokers' mouth and he went reel
| ing across the sidewalk into the gutter.
There he lay for quite minute, the
blood flowing freely from nose and
mouth and his eyes closed as If in
a faint. without waiting for his
worsted antagonist to recover, Barry
more leaped on a passing car, followed
| by the Iusty cheers of the crowd.
| WISE was picked up by some friend
/ who CHANGED along, and. covered with
blood. made his way back into the res
taurant, where, apparently beside him.
self. he called upon Joaquin to accom-
1
NIT to arrest. but Joaquin declined.
Then Mr.. Vyse's friend, another down
town broker, attempted to prove that
his companion was the victim of an un.
deserved assault. Joaquin insisted
that he had received no more than his
deserts. and when the brokers became
obstreperously argumentative he agar
elected them into the street. From al
accounts it would seem that Mr.. Barry
more had really good cause for his pug
nacious wrath.
Eye-witnesses TO the entire affair as
: sert with unanimity that the brokel
had deliberately ogled the lady In Bar
ignores party, and one gentleman
, who saw the assault, grasped the &C
tors hand and thanked him for hi
vigorous rebuke of the offense only to,
common In the popular dining halls o
New York. Mr. Vyse, who was seel
: after the encounter, stated. upon hi
: honor, p that the whole thing was mis-
take. lam certain. - he said, that
> did not glance at the woman as the
claim. and you may rest assured tina
. some one viii suffer terribly for thi
!. infamous insult upoE me